A Passage to India
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 1, 1985 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Not for literary purists, but if you like your entertainment well tailored, then feel the quality and the width. Read full review
60
EmpireIan Nathan
Perhaps, it was the choice of material, a much more internalised story despite its glossy Raj setting, or the absence of Robert Bolt as screenwriter (it was he who put the fire in Lean’s belly), but the film, for all Lean’s innate elegance, is strangely remote and unmoving. Read full review
60
Washington PostPaul Attanasio
Lean never brings the characters' motivations or emotions to life, so they just seem like props gathered together to make a point about imperialism. [18 Jan 1985, p.C1]
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
David Lean's studied, plodding, overanalytic direction manages to kill most of the meaning in E.M. Forster's haunting novel of cultural collision in colonial India. Read full review
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